"They want to make it that guys paid this much money for a ticket, yeah, I understand that, I understand completely. We risk ourselves out there on the field each and every day also. When soldiers come home from Iraq you don't boo them. I look at it the same way. I take my job seriously," Rolle said.

"I appreciate my fans, I appreciate them to the fullest, I am gonna continue to play for them as I always have. I am going to continue to be the best guy I could be for them. Nothing's gonna change," Rolle continued. There's not a real big deal. They asked a question. I gave them an answer."

Still, he says he is unapologetic about being a "bigmouth," and his willingness to say whatever is on his mind.

Athletes who make it to the pros are never forced to give up the adolescence they started out with. Imagine if u were still doing the same thing YOU did in High School. Some grow up but many never do. IMHO...

Shoulda heard the Bronco faithful booing the Denver Donkeys this week. Getting close to bag over the head time.

This was flying around the Internet for a while:

Colorado Judge gives 7 year old right to decide custody

A seven year old boy was at the center of a county courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy had a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulation requiring that family unity be maintained to the highest degree possible.

The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried and said that they also beat him.

After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.

After two recesses to check legal references and confer with the child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Denver Broncos, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.

I have always said the NFL needs to pass out a standardized sheet of football players responses and a separate sheet of head coaches’ responses. They would be similar but customized. Response number one on both sheets would be something like, “We’ve got to play to their their weaknesses. They’re a good football team, but we’re better.” The next would be something like, “We’ve got to play better offense this week but we know we can beat them.” Somewhere along the line would something Rolle could have used: “Listen, we know we’re number one in our hearts, and our fans needs to support us.” This way, even idiots can stay out of mouth trouble.

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posted on 12/02/2010 4:29:35 PM PST
by righttackle44
(I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)

Football players’ jobs are to play a sport. If they get hurt, it’s not like they got hurt trying to save lives, dealing with difficult and dangerous situations and people, or really do anything meaningful in the big picture. Football is entertainment. I found his analogy very offensive.

You might find it offensive, but I don't think it was completely out of line.

There was an article posted here a while back with lists of the most dangerous jobs in America and the most over-hyped jobs in terms of risk. If I remember correctly, both firefighters and police officers made the "over-hyped" list . . . mainly because the high-profile nature of the incidents involving them tends to exaggerate the real risk of those jobs.

Having said that . . . it IS true that athletes are entertainers and their comments should always be viewed with this in mind.

I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree here. Entertainers getting injured entertaining will never rise to the level of public servants getting injured in the line of duty...at least to me. I’m sorry you see it differently.

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